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On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:38:30 -0200, Raphael wrote: |
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> I believe that a good solution would be evolving Portage to use |
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> different forms of storage, like databases or even LDAP. In a home |
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> desktop, you could use SQLite, which is light weight. In a Office |
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> enviroment, you could use a larger database, like MySQL or PostgreSQL. |
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> In this second case, it would even make sharing the package list faster, |
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> since the only current method is sharing it over NFS. |
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> I understand that doing so could bloat Portage dependencies, but |
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> it is, IMHO, a good way to improve its speed. |
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This is an interesting idea. if portage were to use a database, there |
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could be, for instance, a ruby on rails app for a interface! :) |
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-Thufir |
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